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Restoration - old Gramaphone

  • 11-06-2013 11:19am
    #1
    Hedgemeister
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    (I hope this is in the proper section?
    I restore old machinery, generally small stuff, and have been doing so for years.
    Some time ago I found an old Gramaphone, 'His Master's Voice' type, probably from the 1920s and it was in a thousand pieces. The cabinet was rotten and fragmented, but the main-spring, winder - handle, sound-box, turn-table, and built in 'speaker' were all there and in surprisingly good working condition & I discovered a few needles under the turn-table.
    I eventually got the old girl working and managed to get two old 78s to play on it.
    Restorers will know how frustrating it can be to locate parts, especially those for an old Gramaphone. It's next to impossible.
    Last week, I re-discovered that old Gramaphone lurking in the corner of the shed, forgotten, and still without a cabinet which it would take a proffessional to construct; that's why I gave up on it!
    I would like this old machine to get a good home, so if any fellow 'restorers' are searching high and low for parts for an old Gramaphone restoration project send me a PM.
    Sorry, can't post a pic.


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